De'Longhi Distinta Flair 4 slot toaster, reheat, defrost, one-side bagel & 6 browning settings, matte metallic design, CTI4003.S, Silver

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The levers are nicely finished with chrome tops and the action is nice and crisp, but it’s nothing to get excited about.

And there’s a cancel button that stops toasting – which means that you can lift the levers at the front to lift the toast and inspect progress. Pictured here in its copper finish, it’s both matt and metallic at the same time, so it looks sleek but doesn’t pick up fingerprints easily. The handy extra lift position makes it simple to retrieve smaller slices of bread or crumpets without the risk of burnt fingers. Extra-high liftThe handy extra lift position makes it simple to retrieve smaller slices of bread or crumpets without the risk of burnt fingers.

We tested the silver model, but it’s also available in black, white, bronze, glamour red and prestige blue, making it suitable for most kitchen designs. However, a four-slot design like this isn’t as flexible as a model with two long slots, which can then take a whole pitta lying down or a whole slice from the middle of a big round loaf. This De'Longhi CTI4003 Distinta Flair Toaster 4-Slice Toaster cleverly combines futuristic and vintage design elements to make a truly iconic toaster.

Founded in the early twentieth century in Treviso, De’Longhi are an Italian engineering company famous for their stylish and high-quality home appliances. Refunds will be credited to the original payment method as soon as they are received but some banks may take up to 14 days to credit your account. The slots are well-sized with a good length, width and depth, so you should be able to get some chunky breads in. Control is fully variable so you can crisp your toast as you like it and you can operate 2 slots independently of the others. As with previous De’Longhi models I’ve seen, it’s pretty large, even for a side-by-side, four-slice toaster, with it tapering outwards as it goes down.The back of the machine toasts slightly less than the front and sometimes one side of a slice turned out slightly browner than the other.